Versteeg: 'If I'm sitting in Switzerland in September, my agent's getting fired'
Kris Versteeg clearly doesn't want to play in Europe next season.
"If I'm sitting in Switzerland in September, my agent is getting fired," the pending unrestricted free-agent forward quipped to reporters, according to Postmedia's Wes Gilbertson, as the Calgary Flames cleaned out their stalls Friday.
Versteeg, who'll be a UFA if unsigned by July 1, is coming off his best season since 2011-12 from a goal- and point-production standpoint.
He scored 15 times and chipped in 37 points in the regular season for the Flames, who were swept out of the first round of the playoffs by the Anaheim Ducks on Wednesday night.
Versteeg scored in Game 3 and added three assists in the series.
The 30-year-old signed a one-year deal with Calgary last October after joining the Edmonton Oilers training camp on a pro tryout.
The Flames are Versteeg's seventh team in 10 NHL seasons.